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Purdue University Northwest and the Lake County Prosecutor's office unveiled the new High Tech Crime Unit located at the university on Monday.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference were held to mark the occasion with dozens of law enforcement and elected officials present.
The High Tech Crime Unit at PNW is meant to work with prosecutors and law enforcement agencies in Lake and Porter counties to process and analyze digital evidence from computers, laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices.
The Construction Advancement Foundation of Northwest Indiana will use a federal grant to help train companies on mental health initiatives.
Congressman Frank Mrvan announced the $135,565 Targeted Topic Training Grant under the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Susan Harwood Training Grant program.
The city broke ground on the second phase of a multimillion-dollar sanitary sewer force main replacement project, Thursday morning.
Once complete, U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan says the sewer improvements will send a clear message: "Gary's open for business and open for residents."
Federally-funded infrastructure projects are bringing jobs and opportunities to communities that had felt forgotten. That was the message U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg shared during a visit to Gary on Wednesday.
"We’re about building bridges. We’re not interested in banning books," Buttigieg said. "We’re about accelerating construction, not culture wars. We’re getting stuff done to make people better off."
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined state and local officials at the Gary/Chicago International Airport on Wednesday, where he touted the billions of federal dollars invested in projects around the country through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
According to the Midwest Economic Policy Institute, Indiana is on track to receive more than $7.92 billion in transportation-focused funding from the law, including over $6.5 billion for roads and bridges, $100 million for electric vehicles, and $170 million for improvements to Indiana airports.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted the Biden administration's infrastructure efforts during his visit to Gary on Wednesday.
The former South Bend mayor and one-time presidential candidate started a two-day tour of his former home state by meeting members of the United Steelworkers with U.S Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will visit Gary on Wednesday as part of a tour of industrial sites and infrastructure projects in the Hoosier State.
The former South Bend mayor will be joined by U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, for a visit to the Gary/Chicago International Airport, where he also will meet with members of the United Steelworkers. Buttigieg and Mrvan will be joined by Gary Mayor Jerome Prince and Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Michael Smith at a press conference.
The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission will receive $70,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration to assist in developing strategies for its administration of the three-county Economic Development District created in 2019.
On Monday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) under the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Economic Development District Planning program.
A $70,000 federal grant, announced recently by U.S. Rep Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, will enable a four-year-old economic development program to continue its work in Northwest Indiana.
The grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, part of the Department of Commerce, will support the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s economic development program.